Monday, 8 March 2010

Saturday, 6th March – 50 days to go

Ran parkrun reasonably slowly, only went for it for the last 400 metres. I’m pleased that I’ve managed to avoid trying to go quickly at the 5k time trials as my priority is getting fit for completing the marathon in a reasonably fast time.

It has been a tiring week with three short runs, one medium run and one long run. The legs feel permanently tired, but I have no specific injuries or anything I can blame for slowing me down other than general fatigue. The long run pace has not quickened and is still over a minute slower than my marathon pace, so I know I have to up the intensity as well as the mileage.


Weight 72.1 kg
Total Mileage 32.8 miles
Long Run 18.8 miles
Long Run Pace 8:34
Days without alcohol 19

Unbelievably, at last I’m in the “normal” range on the BMI scale. It seems to have taken an age to get from just into obese (BMI of 30.0) through “overweight”. I’ve tried metric and imperial, different on line calculators and got Liz to do the calculations in the past all to no avail. Alright, at 24.9 it’s borderline; I admit I’m right on the cusp of overweight and it could always go the other way in the next week, but for now at least I’m normal. It looks a weird chart though. If I lost another 10.1 kg I’d still only be at the mid-point of normal. I’d be down to 9 stone 10 lbs in real money. To get to “underweight” I’d be weighing in at 54 kg (8 stone 7 lbs). I think my head weighs more than that on its own.

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